Legal Expert Says Supreme Court Could Overturn Blue State's Conversion Therapy Ban on Constitutional Grounds

Religious belief shouldn’t justify a practice that harms Colorado kids

The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday March 20, 2024. (Danielle Prokop/Source NM)Conversion therapy hurts kids. There’s no legitimate disagreement about that. And the harm it causes is the one fact above all others that should anchor any discussion about the practice, especially in context of the law, and even more when supposed religious rights threaten to muddle moral clarity. Let’s state this clearly at the outset: The right of a person to exer…

Advocate fears impact as Supreme Court will hear challenge to Colorado’s conversion therapy ban

Brad Reubendale told 9NEWS he underwent conversion therapy as an adult for over a decade. He testified before lawmakers in support of the ban for five years.

Blue state's LGBT 'conversion therapy' ban violates Constitution, 'very easy case' for SCOTUS, says expert

The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to take up a case challenging a Colorado law's ban on so-called "conversion therapy" for minors after it declined to hear a similar case last year.

Supreme Court Will Hear Challenge to Conversion Therapy Ban

On March 10, the Supreme Court stated that it will review the constitutionality of a state ban on conversion therapy for minors. The case was filed by the right-wing Alliance Defending Freedom, on behalf of a Christian therapist in Colorado, and the Supreme Court’s willingness to hear it is a harbinger of what’s to come. Conversion therapy, also known as reparative therapy, is an unscientific practice that purports to change a person’s sexual or…

‘Conversion Therapy’ Bans Are An Outrageous Attack On Free Speech

There are few weapons in politics that are more effective than mass disorientation. If you can confuse people about obvious truths, then they become much easier to control. This is a familiar tactic to most living Americans at this point. We are, after all, the first generation in the history of the world to have ...

U.S. Supreme Court to Hear Challenge to Colorado’s Ban on Conversion Therapy for Minors

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear Chiles v. Salazar, a case challenging Colorado's 2019 ban on conversion therapy for minors, with potential nationwide implications for free speech and professional conduct laws.